California earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 8 km NNE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Mesa, California on Thu, Nov 24, 1983, 5:24 PM PST (01:24 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 12 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-11-25 01:24:56 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.482° N, 118.494° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.7 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
322°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.712 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15641 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.814 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15641 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.313 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15640 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15639 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.012 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15639 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.84 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15638 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.58 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15638 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.011 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15638 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15637 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.77 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15637 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.78 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 15636 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.94 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15636 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.717 km ESE of Big Creek, California · 15635 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.58 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15635 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.610 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15635 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.519 km E of Bishop, California · 15634 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.17 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15634 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.98 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15634 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.49 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15634 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.89 km N of Sunny Slopes, California · 15634 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.010 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15633 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.562km E of Big Pine, CA · 15633 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 3.131 km NW of Benton, California · 15633 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.97 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15633 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 1.811 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15632 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 3.532 km NW of Benton, California · 15632 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.93 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15632 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 2.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15632 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.712 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15632 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.531 km NW of Benton, California · 15632 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.831 km NW of Benton, California · 15632 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.65 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15632 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 1.832 km NW of Benton, California · 15632 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.632 km NW of Benton, California · 15631 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 1.632 km NW of Benton, California · 15631 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 3.732 km NW of Benton, California · 15630 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.533 km NW of Benton, California · 15630 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.232 km NW of Benton, California · 15629 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 3.013 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15629 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.019 km NE of Yosemite Valley, California · 15629 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.42 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15628 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 1.92 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15628 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 1.831 km NW of Benton, California · 15627 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.8Central California · 15626 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.57 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15624 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.810 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15624 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 1.94 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15624 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.74 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15623 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15623 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15622 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.413 km NNW of Big Creek, California · 15622 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15622 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15622 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.731 km NW of Benton, California · 15621 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.06 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15620 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15619 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.728 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15619 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.528 km SW of Wilkerson, California · 15619 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 2.59 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15618 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.212 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 15618 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.811 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.911 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 15643 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.620km NNE of Independence, CA · 15643 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.67 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15643 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.011 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15644 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.813 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15645 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.814 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15645 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.68 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 15645 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.010 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15646 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.221 km NNW of Big Creek, California · 15646 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.74 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15647 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.04 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15647 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.910 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.511 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.97 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.513 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15647 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.516 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1107445 (also filed as ci25305). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.